Water-bag receptacle.



F. W. BURCH. WATER BAG RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG I, I916.

1,21 5,477. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

FREDERICK W. BURCH, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

WATER-BAG REGEPTACLE.

Application filed August 1, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK WV. BURoH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Water-BagReceptacles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention is an improvement in receptacles and relates in particularto a rack or receptacle adapted to be secured to the running board offanautomobile and to serve as a container for a water bag. It is the customof automobilists, particularly in the more arid portions of the country,to carry with them a reserve supply of Water; and, in order that thiswater may be kept cold and therefore fit for drinking, the preferredcontainer forsuch water is a bag of fabric slightly porous towaterwhereby the outer surface of the bag is kept moist and thecontained water is cooled by the evaporation of this surface moisture.These bags are provided with handles, usually of rope, and it has beenthe customto hang thebag at some convenient point on the outside ofthemachine where itwill be in a current of air. But the motion ofthemachine causes the water bagto swing against the adjacent portions ofthe machine and the abrasive action set up tends to destroy the finishof the automobileand also to wear holes in the water bag. Furthermore,there is a tendency for water to drip from the moist surface of the bag,especially wherein contact with any other body, and this water discolorsand rusts the portions of the automobile body on which it falls. Theobject of the present invention, therefore, is to provide a device whichwillconveniently receive and hold a.

water bag in position to expose it fully to the action .of theatmosphere, which will prevent the bag from defacing the machine byrubbing against it and which will furthermore prevent water fromdripping. on the adjacent parts of the automobile. A further object ofthe invention is to provide a device which will. be readily removablefromsthe machinewhen not in use, which when so removed will require aslittle storage space as possible, and which will be soconstructed as notto rattle under jarring action. Further obj ects'and advantages of myinvention will later appear in this specification.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

Serial No. 112,523.

Fig. 4: is a plan view showing the base plate and one of the standardsin position, thefirst step in placing the second standard beingindicated in dotted lines in this-figure Fig. 5 is a partialelevation of'one of the standards, as viewed from the inner side of the device; andI Fig. 6 is a side view illustrating a modification of my invention,

Referringto the'drawings,'in which like characters of reference indicatelike parts in the several views, my device comprises a base plate 10adapted to be secured by bolts or screws passing through the holes 11 toany suitable portion of an automobilepreferably the running board. Theplate 10, which is perferably an aluminum casting for reasons oflightness and of decreased tendency to chattering betweenparts, isnarrower inwidth at themiddle as inclicated in Fig. 4, and from thisportion the upper surface flares to provide flanges 12 for a purposelater to bedescribed. The upper surface of the base plate slopes asindicated toward the center where there is located an opening 13extending through the base plate and through a nib 14 adapted to projectthrough the running board or other portion of the car where thereceptacle may be mounted.

The two standards, which are exactly alike, have a foot 1 5'adapted toreston the base plate 10 and projections 16 on either side of the footform grooves which are adapted to receive and snugly engage the flanges12 when the standards are in position at the opposite ends of the baseplate and stand with their feet projecting inwardly as shown. in theseveral figures of the drawings. The upper surfaces of the feet 15 areinclined toward the center of the base and are preferably dished out. asindicated at 17 in Figs; 2 and 5 to cause any water dripping on them tobe delivered on the base plate.

The body portion of my receptacle is preferably formed in twocomplementary sections. These sections are preferably formed ofsubstantial, open meshed, wire screen secured in any suitable manner inframes 19 which are composed of straight side and bottom members and abowed top member. The vertical side members of the frame 19 carry eachtwo loops 20 of proper size to fit over the rods 21 of the standards. Iprefer to form the body sections 18 exactly similar, the lower and upperloops 90 on opposite sides of each member being at different heights asshown in order thatboth sets of loops may be received on the rods 21.

The manner of use of the device will be apparent from the foregoingdescription of parts. The base plate 10 is permanently secured by screwsor bolts to the running board or other convenient portion of anautomobile, an aperture through which the nib 1% projects having beenprovided therein for that purpose. In assembling, the standards arefirst passed over the base plate at the middle, the plate 10 beingnarrow enough at that point to allow the projections 16 to pass. Thenthe standard is slipped toward one end of the base plate, the

foot 15 projecting inwardly and the flanges 12 being received within thegroove provided by the projections 16, until the standard engages theears 22 at the end of the base plate and the foot 15 rests upon a planesurface provided for it as clearly indicated at the right of Fig. 4. Thestandards are preferably so shaped that a slight outward inclination(illustrated in slightly exaggerated relation in dotted lines in Fig. 2)is normally taken by the rods 21. The sections 18, naturally assuming aposition where they are in right and left hand relation when placed withtheir open sides in juxtaposition, then have their loops 2O slipped overthe rods 21, these rods being slightly sprung toward the center toreceive the loops. This slight springing action of the rods 21 insures atight, non-rattling connection between all the parts and also that thesections 18 can not work up off the rods.

The parts now have assumed theposition shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and areready for the reception of a water bag which snugly fits in thereceptacle so formed. Any water dripping from the bag at any point ofcontact falls either on the surface 17 on the foot of a standard fromwhence it will run on the base plate or on the base plate itself andwill run down the concave inclined surfaces of the latter and escapethrough the opening 13 where it will fall to the ground. The nib l4insures that this moisture can not reach the wooden or compositionreinforcement of the running board and so cause the latter to rot orswell and distort the running board, but that such moisture will fallfree.

When it is not desired to use the device it may be readily removed byslipping the sections 18 0E the rods and removing the standards byreversing the operation de scribed for applying them. When so removedthe body sections will nest and thus not require any considerable roomfor storage. It will, of course, be obvious that if this nesting featurebe not desired the body portion may be made in one piece, withoutdeparting from my invention.

While I have described the foregoing construction in considerable detailit will be obthe precise construction here shown, which is, however, thebest means now known to me for embodying the same. But it will be clearthat I may make many changes, alterations and substitutions in theprecise embodiment of the same without departing therefrom. One suchmodification is illustrated in Fig. 6 of the drawings, in which thestandards 21, instead of being removable as heretofore described, arehinged to the base plate and may be folded down as indicated in dottedlines, when the body sections have been removed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, a base plate secured in position,a pair of standards removably mounted on said base plate, and a bodyportion removably mounted on said standards, said body portion beingformed of two pervious sections so shaped that when joined they form areceptgacle adapted to receive and support a water 2. In a device of theclass described, a base plate secured in position, a pair of standardsremovably mounted on said base plate and complementary body portionseach removably mounted on said standards, said body portions being soshaped that when in position they form a receptacle adapted to receiveand support a water bag.

3. In a device of the class described, a base plate, means for securingsaid base plate to an automobile running board or the like, said baseplate being narrowest adjacent its middle and horizontally flangedadjacent each end, a pair of standards adapted to be mounted on saidbase plate, each standard comprising a vertical rod and a foot adaptedto straddle the narrow portion of said base and having grooves adaptedto receive said flanges, and a body portion adapted to be removablymounted on said rods.

4- In a device of the class described, a base plate, means for securingsaid base plate to an automobile running board or the like, said baseplate being narrowest adjacent its middle and horizontally flangedadjacent each end, a pair of standards adapted to be mounted on saidbase plate, each standard comprising a vertical rod and a foot adaptedto straddle the narrow portion of the base and having grooves adapted toreceive said flanges, and complementary body sections each carrying onits vertical edges loops adapted to engage said rods.

5. In a device of the class described, a centrally perforated baseplate, means for securing said base plate to an automobile running boardor the like, said base plate being narrowest adjacent its middle andhorizontally flanged adjacent each end, a pair of standards adapted tobe mounted on said base plate, each standard comprising a vertical rodand a foot adapted to straddle the said narrow portion of the base andhavmg grooves adapted to receive said flanges,

and complementary body sections each carrying on its vertical edgesloops adapted to engage said rods, said feet and base plate being soshaped as to drain any water falling thereon toward said perforation.

6. In a device of the class described, a base plate secured in position,a pair of standards removably mounted on said base plate, and a bodyportion removably engaging said standards, the length of said bodyportion being slightly less than the distance between said standardswhereby said standards must be sprung inwardly to receive said bodyportion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto afiixed my signature.

FREDERICK W. BURCH.

Witnesses:

LOLA ANDERSON, J. T. MoCoRKLn.

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